...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.

Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.

If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.